ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Whenever one chooses to write a book, it’s an awesome task of many different skills and talents. Writing a book during the holiday season increases the stress and chal-lenges that exist in creating a book. Many people have worked long hours that have cut into their personal lives with this book’s development. These people need to be acknowledged. I would like to thank New Riders Publishing and the many talented people who have helped with the development of this book. In particular, Laura Norman and Kate Small for all their support, fantastic insight, and helpful sugges-tions that have made this book much better than what I had originally submitted. They have truly helped shape the flow and content of this book.

I would also like to thank Joe Mease for his contribution to the book. Joe worked as a technical editor throughout the development of the book. This book’s project is a scaled-down version of a Web site, The Honeycomb, which my company developed, and Joe helped create. Joe’s knowledge of Flash is as strong as his creativity and ideas. Joe also provided sample files and examples throughout the discussion portions of this book. Visit his site at www.joemease.com.

Thanks also goes to the numerous editors who provided constructive criticism and have checked and double-checked the accuracy of this book’s content and information: Tonya Simpson, project editor; Megan Wade, production editor; Chris Morris, indexer; Karen Gill, proofreader; and everyone else who had a hand in this project. Without these talented people, this book would not be half the book it is today.

I also would like to acknowledge the people and programmers at Macromedia. Macromedia Flash is a robust and complex product with much to offer Web developers and graphic designers. It was fun to write this book on such a great product as Flash!

And finally, I would like to thank my husband for his daily support of my efforts to create this book. His love and support have been constant!